Low Resolution (click) | | The flies in this collection all belong to a mutual friend, who knows Sylvester well.
We drove out to Sylvester's place a few days ago (April 2007)
and had a fantastic visit. Sylvester showed us a bunch of flies
tied by a famous English wet fly specialist in the 1930s sometime
(whose name I've forgotten). Sylvester said George Grant gave him
those flies. Sylvester also showed us the Marvin Nolte originals that
appeared on the back of his Spinners book. And then Sylvester showed
us boxes and boxes of the most beautifully tied Sylvester Nemes
originals. The flies I've photographed here (belonging to our mutual friend)
are nice. But they're nothing like the elegantly
designed and flawlessly tied wet flies Sylvester has in his
own personal collection.
Sylvester said I could visit again someday, and if I brought
my camera, I could make as many new photos as I wanted. I hope
to do that someday. But moving my entire closeup light tent setup is a major undertaking.
I may have to be content with what I already have.
And these flies are pretty darned good. And they are Sylvester Nemes originals.
I do need to attach the right names to these flies soon.
If you don't already own any of Sylvester's books, do yourself
a favor and follow this link:
Syl's Books
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Sylvester Nemes/
Cumberland
Dun Gold
Dun Yellow
Gold
Gray
Gray and Gold
Green Body
Peacock Caddis
Peacock Starling
Pheasant
Pink
Red Tagged Starling
Small Pheasant
Yellow
Yellow Pink
Yellow Pink2